Holding My Own

You're right, I'm wrong
I'm here, you're gone
Now I'm the one to blame
That our loves at an end
I lied, you cried
I died inside
Now I'll do anything
To get you back again

Step by step, night after night
I walk the floor till morning light
Your leaving words still haunt my mind
Cause I'm the fool who made you say goodbye

You're right, I'm wrong
I'm here, you're gone
Now I'm the one to blame
That our loves at an end
I lied, you cried
I died inside
Now I'll do anything
To get you back again

Day by day, time after time
I did not see the warning signs
Now my beating heart keeps telling me
It hurts to know that I caused you to leave

You're right, I'm wrong
I'm here, you're gone
Now I'm the one to blame
That our loves at an end
I lied, you cried
I died inside
Now I'll do anything
To get you back again

Yes I'll do anything to get you back again

- Marty Stuart, Wayne Perry

There are people who don't know me
Who must think I've got it made
From all outward appearances
I guess, it looks that way

I've got good friends and family
They let me know they care
I got a job to keep me going
And a car to get me there

I'm holding my own but I'd rather be holding you
I can make it alone but not like I made it with you
Without you here this house just ain't no home
How long can I go on, holding my own?

There's brand new show that's playing
At the movies down the street
I'll probably go there after work
Then stop somewhere to eat

I've got cable on my TV
And I'll leave her on all night
While I dose off to sleep
And dream that I'm alright

I'm holding my own but I'd rather be holding you
I can make it alone but not like I made it with you
Without you here this house just ain't no home
How long can I go on, holding my own?
How long can I go on, holding my own?

- Dean Dillon, Pamela Belford

Well I haven't seen her lately, and she never calls.
She don't ask my friends about me, gives no clues at all.
Well the fire might still be burnin' yeah,
But I'd say she's about as gone as a girl can get.

She don't even show up in my dreams at night,
But my stubborn ol' memory keeps holdin' on tight.
Sure makes it hard to forget
She's about as gone as a girl can get.

She's outta here, she disappeared without a trace.
More or less unimpressed by the tears on my face.
Her destination unknown, she just dropped out of sight,
Last seen headin' right on out of my life.
Like a stranger I ain't never met,
She's about as gone as a girl can get,

She's outta here, she disappeared without a trace.
More or less unimpressed by the tears on my face.
Her destination unknown, she just dropped out of sight,
Last seen headin' right on out of my life.
Like a stranger I ain't never met,
She's about as gone as a girl can get,

Like a stranger I ain't never met,
I'd say she's about as gone as a girl can get.

- Jerry Max Lane

I know that I surprised you coming home,
It's not my usual time of year; but I've got myself a problem,
And I know that I might find the answer here.

Remember when I was dad's pride and joy and your little man,
Every time that I got hurt you were there to give a hand.
You would pick me up, and you'd kiss my hurt away.
Remember what you'd say,
"Boy you're getting more like him each and every day."

Can we have a talk like it was yesterday?
Your boy is back in trouble and he needs you right away.

She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
Nothing on God's green Earth would make her stay.
I can't live without her, momma,
But this time you can't kiss the hurt away.

But if I'm so much like my dad,
There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said that always made you stay.

She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
But if I'm so much like my dad,
There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay.

- Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons

I was five years old when daddy started packing
And I stood there by my momma as she cried
And the next thing that we knew some old train came passing through
And daddy got on board and we ain't seen him no more

I wonder why trains make me lonesome
It happens everytime that engine moans some
And when I hear that whistle blow that makes my heart sink low
And I wonder why trains make me lonesome

It was a cold dark night when I drove her to the depot
There were tears in my eyes and a ticket in her hand
And as we stood there by those tracks I knew she wasn't coming back
So I turned and walked away but I still miss her today

I wonder why trains make me lonesome
It happens everytime that engine moans some
And when I hear that whistle blow that makes my heart sink low
And I wonder why trains make me lonesome

Rest of this buildin' looks like simple station
Those inks spots look like engine number 9
And this couch on which I lay suppose to haul my blues away
That old pipe you keep toking Is like an old cold engine smoking dark fear

I wonder why trains make me lonesome
It happens everytime that engine moans some
And when I hear that whistle blow that makes my heart sink low
And I wonder why trains make me lonesome
Oh yes I wonder why trains amke me lonesome

- Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler

All of me loves all of you.
Every part of me, down to the heart of me
Loves you through and through.
Now wanting you is all I do.
All of me loves all of you.

Oh I have heard those tender words,
But my heart wasn't listening.
Till I found you I never knew
Just what I was missing.

I have heard those tender words,
But my heart wasn't listening.
Till I found you I never knew
Just what I was missing.

All of me loves all of you.
Every part of me down to the heart of me
Loves you through and through.
Now wanting you is all I do.
All of me loves all of you.
All of me loves all of you.

- Kim Williams, L. David Lewis, Monty Holmes

What kind of world would it be
For you without me
Would you think it a better world
Or would you be lonely
And if your love for me shall die
Would you even say good bye
Or would you just walk away
Into the dark of night

Sometimes I need insurance of your love
For you soft and gentle touch
All the kings are worthy none
And at these times you take me by the hand
And like a child you lead me through
A wonderland of love

Life I can't visualize
Without you by my side
Life would be meaningless
Like some of those sky's
Thou you show me everyday
Your love in every way
I'm afraid it's all a dream
That'll favor your way

Wonderland of love

- Curtis Wayne

Not so very long from now
She'll be known all over town
'Cause she waits by her phone from in the car

She says the limit is the sky
And tonight she's flyin' high

But I'll hang around and now take her faults and all

Oh yes she once was mine
Now she's changed and she's that kind
With a crowd she has herself a ball

But she's not that kinda girl
She's just hidin' from the world

But I'll hang around and now take her faults and all

She's about as low as a girl can go
She ain't got far to fall
But when she hits the ground I'm gonna be around
'Cause I want her most of all

And when all's been said and done
I'm gonna be the one

Who'll hang around and take her faults and all

She's about as low as a girl can go
She ain't got far to fall
But when she hits the ground I'm gonna be around
'Cause I want her most of all

And when all's been said and done
I'm gonna be the one

Who'll hang around and take her faults and all

Yeah, I'll hang around and take her faults and all

- Carl Perkins

It's alright with me
If it's alright with you
It's alright I know
Your love will see me through
When the car won't start
The rain won't stop
And all of the bills are due
It's alright with me
If it's alright with you

Well the boss man rides me all week long
And it's all that I can take
I work each day till' the sun is gone
And no time for a break
But when I get home you rub my back
And tell me I'm your man
With a little love I get back on track
And do it all over again

It's alright with me
If it's alright with you
It's alright I know
Your love will see me through
When the car won't start
The rain won't stop
And all of the bills are due
It's alright with me
If it's alright with you

No matter what life throws at me
I've got the upper hand
'Cause nothin' else can set me free
The way your lovin' can
If I lived in the shack out in the woods
And never see me blue
I just throw another log in the old wood stove
And make sweet love to you

It's alright with me
If it's alright with you
It's alright I know
Your love will see me through
When the car won't start
The rain won't stop
And all of the bills are due
It's alright with me
If it's alright with you

- Jackson Leap

Here we go again
She's back in town again
I'll take her back again one more time
Here we go again
The phone will ring again
I'll be her fool again one more time

I've been there before
And I'll try it again
But any fool knows
That theres no way to win

Here we go again
She'll brake my heart again
But any fool knows
That theres no way to win

Here we go again
She'll brake my heart again
I'll play the part again one more time

I'll take her back again
Just one more time

- Don Lanier, Red Steagall